Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series. The second column will run on Dec. 21.

Anytime I happen to get nostalgic (and perhaps just a bit sentimental), almost invariably I think of Brother Pic. He was the preacher at our country church many moons ago and arguably the best man I ever knew.

In any way you can, at any place, and in the sincere way that you can, remember and thank a veteran. He or she has earned it. The “thanks” is more than deserved.
This is not the first time your writer has discussed this topic, and Lord willing, not the last. Part of the reason is that so much is owed, and there seems to always be a new form of inspiration.

Maybe there’s finally some chance that a long-endured wrong in the state of Louisiana’s Constitution can be made right.

Those are my hopes, anyway.

Gov. Jon Bel Edwards said during an interview with the New Orleans Times-Picayune’s editorial board earlier this week that the state might need a special political convention to rewrite the state Constitution if he and the Legislature are unable to resolve the government's fiscal problems.

It would be Louisiana's first Constitutional convention in a quarter century.